The World's Writing Systems

TABLE 60.10: Turkmen Alphabet

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3

■c

iQ^

m

=1 ^ ^

f^

cS 1

i^

3

2

^

C/D

C/5

s

Q

H

H-)

CO

p^

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C/D

ffi

H

H

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Value

Name

A

a

a

[a]

[a]

B

6

b

[b]

[be]

B

B

V

[P]

[Pe]

r

r

g

[g]~[K]

[ge]

fl

fl

d

[d]

[de]

E

e

e

[je] /$_
[e] /C_

.;[je]

E

e

e

Uo]

[jo]

X

:5K

z

[3]

[3e]

>K'

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m

[<ge]

3

3

z

[3]

[3e]

H

H

i

[i]

[i]

H

H

J

\it

[jiu]

K

K

k

[k]~[q]

[ka]

JI

JI

1

[1]

[el]

M

M

m

[m]

[em]

H

H

n

[n]

[en]

^

^

n

[q]

[ei]]

[0]

[0]

e

[0]

[0]

n

n

P

[P]

[pe]

p

p

r

[r]

[er]

c

c

s

[6]

[ee]

T

T

t

[t]

[te]

y

y

u

[u]

[u]

Y

Y

ii

[y]

[y]

*

f

m

[e<l,]

X

X

X

[h]~[x]

[xa]

m

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c)

[tse]

H

H

c

m

[tie]

m

m

s

[J]

[Ja]

m

m

sc)

[itJa]

(T^

t

")

[ajuir'ma belgi'si]
'sign of separation'

BI

LI

y

[UI]

[lU]

(B

L

[jumjak'luik belgi'si]
'sign of softening'

3

3

e

[e] /$_

[e]

3

9

a

[as:]

[fe:]

K)

K)

ju

Uu]

[ju]

il

a

ja

[ja]

[ja]

a. Vowel length is not in general marked, although [y:]
is written yh; [ae:] is nearly always long, [e] nearly
always short.

b. [ja], [je], [jo], [ju] are written h, e, e, 10, even — at
least in the case of a and e — after a consonant. Else-
where, [j] is written h; thus [jy] is hy-